Exact(2)
"It is invoked as a justification for some of the coarsest expressions of hatred and intolerance," Daniel Letwin, an associate professor of history at Pennsylvania State University, told me.
The economic argument against spending the surplus has not been much heeded in Washington anyway, but a faltering economy would provide lawmakers with a justification for some old-style Keynesian pump-priming.
Similar(58)
"I am," she tells me several times, "of a certain age" (she is 85), and that serves both as a get-out for her garrulousness and a justification for forgetting some of the details of her career.
I said I would want to know if a candidate's faith guided his or her views on the issues, if religious doctrine would be a justification for excluding some categories of citizen (gays, for example) from the rights and protections the country promises, or if religious narrative overshadowed a candidate's respect for serious science and verifiable history.
There are, as we know, some who use faith as a justification for violence, and some of the modern jihadist movements were born here in Egypt.
The paper provides a justification for the strategy of some firms such as ISP's which never collect information and also for the strategy of other firms, like grocery stores that do.
I'm bracing for some on the Left to see this piece as a justification for denying access to contraception, and some on the Right viewing it as a veiled rejection of the validity of conservative Christians' beliefs.
Latching onto a justification for violent behavior may give some abusers the permission they need to take out their anger on society, instead of their parents or spouse.
That natural selection is a natural process in the living world has been taken by some as a justification for ruthless competition and for "survival of the fittest" in the struggle for economic advantage or for political hegemony.
And the report goes on to say that "balancing" national security and privacy concerns can never be used as a justification for unwarranted infringements on personal freedoms: Some safeguards are not subject to balancing at all.
What was originally intended in 1848 as a call to place the concept of a unified nation above regional differences with geographic borders marking the extent to which culturally German settlers had spread became reinterpreted as a justification for German expansionism and misinterpreted by some as a claim to German world hegemony.
Write better and faster with AI suggestions while staying true to your unique style.
Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com